Comments on: Donations http://downingstreetsays.com/briefings/2006/03/14/2484 Every day the Prime Minister's Spokesman meets a small coterie of political journalists known as 'the lobby' for a topical chat, or 'briefing'. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 03:51:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: roger Huffadine http://downingstreetsays.com/briefings/2006/03/14/2484#comment-4151 roger Huffadine Wed, 15 Mar 2006 09:11:45 +0000 http://downingstreetsays.com/briefings/2006/03/14/2484#comment-4151 "if people got a situation where anyone who could donates to any political party knew that they were immediately going to be "done over" by the media, that did create a disincentive" Is this the 'dim' PMOS speaking again? Hang on a minute - the issue isn't the donations but the rapid inclusion in the honors list. Nobody really cares if private individuals blow their money away on their particular brand of politics. Of course the problem is that more transparency discloses more corruption - aye now there's the rub. "if people got a situation where anyone who could donates to any political party knew that they were immediately going to be "done over" by the media, that did create a disincentive"

Is this the ‘dim’ PMOS speaking again?

Hang on a minute - the issue isn’t the donations but the rapid inclusion in the honors list.

Nobody really cares if private individuals blow their money away on their particular brand of politics.

Of course the problem is that more transparency discloses more corruption - aye now there’s the rub.

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